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  AMU VC stands by remark, apologises to those who 'misunderstood' him

  India | November 13, 2014 8:48 IST

  New Delhi: Unfazed by the row, AMU VC Zameer Uddin Shah yesterday stood by his controversial comment on girl undergraduates' entry to the university library even as the HRD Ministry sought more details from him

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  All India Survey on Higher Education 2014-15 launched

  India | October 22, 2014 15:53 IST

  New Delhi: The Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry Wednesday launched the All-India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2014-15, an annual, web-based, pan-India exercise on the status of higher education in the country.The annual survey collects

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  Scientists to take lecture classes at schools & colleges: Government

  India | September 08, 2014 16:49 IST

  New Delhi: Over 5,000 “highly accomplished” scientists working with various departments under the Science and Technology Ministry will devote time to impart education to students of various schools and colleges in the country.  Announcing the

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  Delhi private schools unhappy over order on Narendra Modi's live address

  India | August 31, 2014 12:03 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's initiative to reach out to every student through TV, radio and the Internet on Teacher's day has failed to enthuse private schools of Delhi which feel that ‘forcing' them

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  HRD Ministry says Narendra Modi's speech a must view for all schools on Teacher's Day

  India | August 30, 2014 10:25 IST

  New Delhi: The Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) has issued a directive to all schools across the country asking them to ensure that children watch Prime Minister Narendra Modi's live televised Teacher's Day speech

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  Five new IITs likely to start functioning from next session

  India | August 28, 2014 19:24 IST

  New Delhi: Five new IITs the Centre proposed in this year's Union Budget are likely to start functioning from the next academic session, officials in the HRD Ministry said.While the Ministry has sent letters to

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  FYUP students submit memorandum to HRD ministry

  India | June 28, 2014 19:34 IST

  New Delhi: Students who enrolled in the four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP) last year submitted a memorandum to the human resource development ministry on Saturday, seeking an assurance that their interests will be kept in mind.The

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  I was referred to as burden at my birth, says Irani

  Politics | June 27, 2014 17:10 IST

  Bhopal: Union Human Resources Development Minister Smriti Irani today revealed that at the time of her birth, she was cursed as a “burden” by someone.  “I am sharing it for the first time that when

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  Open IIT in Jammu: Jitendra Singh to Irani

  Politics | June 27, 2014 11:37 IST

  New Delhi: A campus of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) should be set up in Jammu and Kashmir as the state has tremendous potential to produce meritorious students, Union Minister Jitendra Singh today urged

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  Egoism at play in UGC, DU row: Manish Tewari

  Politics | June 23, 2014 16:14 IST

  New Delhi: Congress leader Manish Tewari Monday voiced concern over the ongoing tussle between Delhi University (DU) and the UGC, saying "egoism" was at play in the whole issue."It seems to me an issue of

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  HRD Ministry okays IIT, IIM, 3 central universities for Seemandhra

  India | November 05, 2013 23:53 IST

  New Delhi: The HRD Ministry has given its nod for an IIT, an IIM and three central universities among other institutes for the Seemandhra region which has witnessed widespread resentment over the Centre's decision to

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  HRD Ministry writes to joint admission IIT boards for CET

  India | June 19, 2012 21:14 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 19: Unfazed by the resistance from the IIT faculty as well as the alumni, government would soon write to the joint admission board of the IITs to prepare the modalities for conducting